These views were taken from Fox Hill on Tower Rd , a side road. Here is a full view taken in the winter recently. You can see the a church and the town hall as well as the now Elks BPOE Lodge once the home of the Maxwell family in the right photo top center. Fox Hill was named so because there was once a den of foxes on the hill.
* Quote taken from the book entitled:
"Images of America - Vernon and Historic Rockville" by S.Ardis Abbott and Jean A. Luddy .
If anyone knows of any more legends, I would enjoy hearing about them.
This book may be purchased at:
The Vernon Historical Society Tel# 860-875-4326,
P.O. Box 2055, Vernon, CT 06066
It is opened on Thursdays. There are other small booklets entitled "Vernon Vignettes" by the Historical Society in Vernon, CT and "Let's Visit Rockville" by Alma Louisa Hess Stieg. Profits go to the historical society.
The above book may also be purchased at the Crystal Blueprint and Stationery Store located on West Main Street in Rockville, CT.
*2nd quote taken from The "Loom City" Bulletin for the Rockville Preservation Society. (see page 6B for photos of exhibit)
Website and photos created by Rebecca Dufilie Copyright 2001.
Website updated at homestead.com January 2002.
<Here are photos taken last July 20, 2001 at the Fox Hill Monument of a dog named "Kelly". Thank you Lisa.
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views of Talcott Park and Church on Main Street.>>>
Click here to see Fox Hill on the map.......................>
<<<<Bamforth Rd Cemetary
(off of Bolton Rd)
I was told the legend was that a young child died when the child fell off a wagon and then was buried at this spot and so it became a cemetary.
Autumn view.>
(also taken from Tower Rd.)
Elmwood Cemetary>>>>>
(located on Cemetary Rd
and Bolton Rd)
POSTED NOTE of INTEREST:
I found an old photo taken of Fox Hill before there were trees. The year was 1880's or so, it was at the UCONN Library website.....under Views - Fox Hill. See my links page for URL address. If you want to try and find it again, go to: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/cho/
Rockville was once widely known as a mill town that produced gingham cloth, wool, and sweaters.
Rockville is the city section within the town of Vernon. *The City of Rockville and the factory village of Talcottville are listed as a historic district on the National Registrar of Historic Places as well-preserved examples of the nineteenth century textile manufacturing communities.
Presently there is a Rockville Downtown Association (RDA) that has formed and created in March 2001, to update the town's downtown West Main Street buildings into a more presentable appearance. Since it is a Historic town with its mills, they felt that this needed to be done. A neighboring town (Manchester) has done this already on its Main Street and it looks brand new. It is very impressive. I feel if the town brought in several new stores that people visit frequently as in another part of the town, they would benefit from it. Personally I like the little theater that was near Golf Land in the Vernon Section of town.
Elks Lodge (former Maxwell residence)
Center top building is the Elks Lodge.
You may think this maybe a little morbid but sometimes finding things unexpectedly, in unexpected places may just be interesting and you may enjoy hearing about it.
Looking thru the Hartford websites I found this tidbit of information:
Suffield, CT, USA, has one of the oldest burying grounds with one of the finest collections of gravestone art in New England, 1690-1830.
